Necktie knot forming and supporting device

ABSTRACT

A UNITARY KNOT OF A WIDE-TYPE FOUR-IN-HAND NECKTIES ON WHICH THE KNOTY OF A WIDE-TYPE NECKTIE MAY BE TIED, AFTER WHICH THE DEVICE WITH THE KNOT THEREON IS ATTACHED TO THE COLLAR OF THE WEARER&#39;&#39;S SHIRT. THE DEVICE HAS WINGS EXTENDING UPWARDLY AND OUTWARDLY FROM A BODY PART FOR INSERTION BETWEEN THE COLAR BAND AND THE COLLAR, AND ALSO TWO WALLS POSITIONED REARWARDLY OF THE BODY PART AND EFINING TWO SPACES. THE KNOT IS FORMED BY DRAPING PARTS OF THE NECKTIE ABOUT THE BODY PART, WINGS AND WALLS AND WITHIN THE SPACES BOUNDED BY THE WALLS, BY A PROCEDURE DESCRIBED IN THE SPECIFICATION.

June 15, 1971 GQUNER 358,316

NECKTIE KNOT FORMING AND SUPPORTING DEVICE Filed April 20, 1970 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR AUBREY L. Goum-za 16W fifl QZ/u Jam/anew 9 5M ATTORNEYS June 15, 1971 GQUNER 3,584,315

NECKTIE KNOT FORMING AND SUPPORTING DEVICE Filed April 20, 1970 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR AUBREY L. Goumaa Jazz/paw fd/um/ Jon/um 9 gM ATTORNEYS United States Patent O 3,584,316 NECKTIE KNOT FORMING AND SUPPORTING DEVICE Aubrey L. Gouner, Metairie, La., assignor to Wembley Industries, Inc., New Orleans, La. Filed Apr. 20, 1970, Ser. No. 30,181 Int. Cl. A41d 25/08 US. Cl. 2-153 2 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A unitary knot forming and supporting device for four-in-hand neckties on which the knot of a wide-type necktie may be tied, after which the device with the knot thereon is attached to the collar of the wearers shirt. The device has wings extending upwardly and outwardly from a body part for insertion between the collar band and the collar, and also has two walls positioned rearwardly of the body part and defining two spaces. The knot is formed by draping parts of the necktie about the body part, wings and walls and within the spaces bounded by the walls, by a procedure described in the specification.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of the knot forming device provided by the invention;

FIG. 2 is a rear elevational view;

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken on line 3-3 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken on line 4-4 of FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a rear view of a necktie with the knot forming device positioned to begin formation of the knot;

FIGS. 6, 7, 8 and 9 show successive steps in forming a necktie knot about the device, and

FIGS. 10 and 11 are, respectively, rear and front views of the finished knotted necktie.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The knot forming device provided by the invention is disclosed in FIGS. 1 to 4 and comprises a unitary, single piece of molded plastic or formed metal or any other suitable material, having a body part 2 which has a lower edge 4, upwardly diverging side edges 6, 8 and an upper edge 10. Two wings 12, 14 extend upwardly and outwardly from the body part, the outer side edges 16, 18 thereof being upwardly and outwardly directed extensions of the side edges 6, 8 of the body part, and the inner side edges 20, 22 thereof converging downwardly to join the ends of the upper edge 10 of the body part. The body part and the wings are bent or curved rearwardly from the vertical center line 24 of the device, as particularly shown in FIG. 3, and as particularly shown in FIG. 1, the front surface of the device is planar, by which it is meant that it is uninterrupted and smooth.

At the edge 6 of the body part the material thereof is continued and is reversely bent to provide a wall which extends to the rear and transversely of the body part 2 toward the edge 8 thereof, but stopping short of that edge and being again reverse bent at 32 to provide a second wall 34 which extends to the rear of and parallel to the first wall 30 and which terminates short of the side edge 6 in a free edge 36. The upper edges 38, of the walls 30, 34, respectively, are positioned below the upper edge 10 of the body part and the lower edge 42- of the wall 30 is positioned above the lower edge 4 of the body part, while the edge 36 of wall 34 extends generally in an up and down direction in general parallelism to side wall 6 of the body part.

The first, or inner, wall 30 is spaced rearwardly of the rear surface of the body part 2 to provide an opening or 'ice space 44 between them, and the second, or outer, Wall 34 is spaced rearwardly of the first wall to provide a second opening 46 between the two walls.

At the side edge 8 of the body part the material thereof is turned rearwardly to provide a flange 50. This flange is of low height and provides symmetrical balance to the knot by increasing its thickness at and adjacent edge 8. It will be noted that at edge 6 the body part is continued to the rear to provide wall 30 and space 44 thus creating thickness at that edge, and the wall '50 balances this thickness.

A collar-engaging hook is provided at the upper edge of the device and comprises a part 52 which extends rearwardly from the center of the upper edge 40 of the wall 34 and a part 54 which extends downwardly from part 52.

The use of the device in forming a knot in a four-inhand necktie will now be described. The first step is illustrated in FIG. 5, in which the device is shown positioned on the rear surface of a necktie A, having large apron B and small apron C, at a location about nine inches from the tip of the small apron, and with the planar front surface of the device adjacent and in engagement with the rear surface of the necktie. The next step is illustrated in FIG. 6 and consists in folding the part of the necktie containing the large apron B over the inner edge 22 of the Wing 14 which is positioned to the left of the body part as the device is viewed from the rear, after which the part of the necktie so folded is moved in the plane of the necktie into the first space 44 which is between the rear surface of the body part and the first wall 30 until the side edge or fold of the necktie engages the inside of the reverse bend at side edge 6. When this step has been completed the small end part C of the necktie will hang down in front of the front surface of the knot forming device, as shown in FIG. 6.

In the next step, which is shown in FIG. 7, the large end B of the necktie is brought around wing 14 and across the device in front of the upper end of the small end part C and in front of the wing 12, forming a necktie part D which extends horizontally in front of the part of the small end of the necktie which depends from the upper edge -10 of the body part of the device. In the next step, which is shown in FIG. 8, the large end B is brought around wing 12 to the rear of the device and is moved sideways in the plane of the necktie into the space 46 which lies between the two walls 30, 34 until the side edge or fold of the necktie engages the reverse bend 32. In the next step, which is shown in FIG. 9, the large end of the necktie is folded downwardly over the upper edge 10 of the body part of the device and over the upper edge of wing 12 and is inserted between the front surface of the depending small end of the necktie and the part D of the large end of the necktie which is formed in the step illustrated in FIG. 7. The formation of the knot is now complete and it is necessary only to pull the large and small ends of the necktie in order to tighten the knot to any desired extent. FIGS. 10 and 11 show, respectively, the rear and front of the finished knotted necktie.

After completion of the knot the necktie may be worn by supporting it in the usual place by placing the depending part 54 of the hook behind the collar band, and placing wings 12 and 14 between the collar band and the collar.

What is claimed is:

1. A unitary knot forming and supporting device for a four-in-hand necktie, comprising a body having a generally horizontal upper edge and side edges, which converge downwardly from the ends of the upper edge, a planar front surface and a rear surface, two wings which extend upwardly and outwardly from the ends of the upper edge of the body, one side edge of the body being bent to provide a wall extending transversely of the body part to the rear thereof and spaced rearwardly therefrom and extending approximately to the second side edge of the body to provide a necktie receiving opening between it and the rear surface of the body, said wall being reversely bent at its edge adjacent said second side edge of the body to provide a second wall extending transversely of the body and spaced rearwardly of the first Wall to provide a second necktie receiving opening between it and the first wall, and a collar engaging hook extending rearwardly from the upper edge of the second Wall and terminating in a downwardly extending part disposed rearwardly of the second 'Wall.

2. A knot forming and supporting device according to claim 1, comprising in addition an elongated low flange positioned rearwardly of the body and extending along the second side edge of the body.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 3,112,492 12/1963 Less 2-153 3,193,843 7/1965 Feller 2153 PATRICK D. LAWSON, Primary Examiner 

